OK,... and my situation?
On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 08:48, Punky Tse <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Davide, > > This is easy: > > In /etc/network/interfaces (br0 request IP from dhcp): > auto br0 > iface br0 inet dhcp > > bridge_ports eth0 wlan0 > > auto eth0 > iface eth0 inet manual > > auto wlan0 > iface wlan0 inet manual > > hostapd /etc/hostapd/hostapd.wlan0.**conf > > In /etc/hostapd/hostapd.wlan0.**conf, make sure you have line: > > bridge=br0 > > > > On 1/9/2011 20:01, [email protected] wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I'm having some troubles configuring an access point and bridging the wifi >> to the ethernet. >> The AP is inside a LAN network and gets the ethernet IP from the DHCP >> server. At the same time it has a static wifi network to manage. >> >> I'm facing two main problems: >> >> 1) when I bring up the wifi interface (wlan0) the machine cannot reach >> internet anymore. >> >> 2) when I bring up the bridge interface (br0) the eth0 get confused with >> the DHCP server and is not reachable anymore. From netstat I can see that >> the default gateway becomes the br0 gateway for the eth0 interface and the >> wlan0 loses the ip. >> >> I think that I should add some route telling to the wlan0 how to use the >> br0 to get the eth0 and the other way around but I cannot figure it out. I'm >> a bit confused regarding the bridge interface usage. In witch subnet it >> supposed to be? does it has to be in a separated one? I'm googoling but I >> haven't get it yet. >> >> Please, can you have a look to my /etc/network/interfaces below? >> >> Many thanks >> >> Davide >> >> >> >> # Bridge >> auto br0 >> iface br0 inet static >> address 192.168.254.2 >> netmask 255.255.255.0 >> network 192.168.254.0 >> broadcast 192.168.254.255 >> gateway 192.168.254.1 >> bridge_ports eth0 wlan0 >> >> >> auto eth0 >> iface eth0 inet dhcp >> >> >> # Master WLAN infrastructured WPA2 >> auto wlan0 >> iface wlan0 inet static >> hostapd /etc/hostapd/hostapd.wlan0.**conf >> address 192.168.2.1 >> netmask 255.255.255.0 >> network 192.168.2.0 >> gateway 192.168.2.1 >> broadcast 192.168.2.255 >> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Voyage-linux mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://list.voyage.hk/mailman/**listinfo/voyage-linux<http://list.voyage.hk/mailman/listinfo/voyage-linux> >> > > > -- > > Regards, > Kim-man "Punky" Tse > > * Open Source Embedded Solutions and Systems > - Voyage Linux (http://linux.voyage.hk) > - Voyage ONE > (http://linux.voyage.hk/**voyage-one<http://linux.voyage.hk/voyage-one> > ) > - Voyage MPD > (http://linux.voyage.hk/**voyage-mpd<http://linux.voyage.hk/voyage-mpd> > ) > * Voyage Store (http://store.voyage.hk) > > > > ______________________________**_________________ > Voyage-linux mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.voyage.hk/mailman/**listinfo/voyage-linux<http://list.voyage.hk/mailman/listinfo/voyage-linux> >
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